Novella - The Things You Do / Oh Brian

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4...according to our Business Lady on Thu 18 Aug, 2011.

Novella are London-based Sophy Hollington, Hollie Warren and Suki Sou. They are a relatively new musical entity inspired by a love of all things shoegazey and My Bloody Valentine-esque, they do a pretty good job of aping this style too. A-side 'The Things You Do' is a classic slice of melodic noise rock that anchors itself on a tuneful bass line, reverb drenched guitars and warm, effecting female vocal tones. It's a lush little recording. Flip it and you get the groups ode to new world order, mass suicide and The Brian Jonestown Massacre entitled 'Oh Brian'. This one's on a Julianna Hatfield buzz whilst hinting at Throwing Muses, ie: it's a scuzzy, washed out, melodic and easy on the ear indie pop song with cool detuned guitar chords. Really like this one, reminds me of the good old college rock years. Comes packaged in a beautifully screen printed sleeve.

Novella are London-based Sophy Hollington, Hollie Warren and Suki Sou. They met in Brighton and formed the band in February 2010 after they all moved up to the capital. After spending months in each other’s bedrooms writing and listening to bands like Polvo, Guided by Voices, Broadcast, Calico Wall and My Bloody Valentine, they decided to put a band together themselves and began playing shows in Autumn last year.

Having only played a couple of live shows this year, they have spent the past six months honing their sound and song-writing. The band recently recorded six tracks with Rory Attwell of Brattwell Recordings and their debut split release will be two songs from these sessions.

Released on August 15th, through Dirty Bingo on limited edition 7”, the A–Side to their debut is ‘The Things You Do’. The B –side ‘Oh Brian’ is a song about New World Order, mass suicide and the band’s tribute to Brian Jonestown Massacre.

With their music described by i-D as “serious business”, Novella combine a guitar sound of Pixies-inspired crispness with a wallowing dirge of noise, set off by melodic, interwoven bass lines. Live, they add a drummer to the line-up to play as a four-piece whilst Sophy, Hollie and Suki swap between instruments during sets.

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